A Halloween - the eve of Catholic All Saints' Day

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To read information agency "RIA Novosti" in Every year in the night of October 31 for November 1 in the English-speaking countries the holiday the Halloween which is also known as the eve of All Saints' Day is celebrated. By tradition it associates with witches and sorcerers who, on a belief, freely go this night among people. This day the carnival which symbol the witch on a sweeper and the hollowed pumpkin in which the candle is lit is considered will be organized. The Halloween is analog of the well-known Celtic holiday Samkheyn who was also celebrated on the night of November 1. At tribes of the Celts living in the territory England, Ireland and Northern France, and...